Filling attachment



(No Model.)

T P. D. WINKLEY. FILLING ATTACHMENT.

No. 463,088. Patented Nov. 10, 1891.

Zia/620762" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK D. \VINKLEY, OF BROOKLYN, IVIS CONSIN.

FILLING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,088, dated November10, 1891.

Application filed June 1, 1891. $erial No. 394,739- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. WINKLEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Green and State ofVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FillingAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide for the filling of vessels froma source of supply in such a manner and by such means as to require nocare to prevent absolutely all danger of overflow, and to regulatedefinitely the quantity of liquid contained in the can or other vesselwhen it is removed from beneath the source of supply.

My invention includes a filling-tube adapted to enter the mouth of thevessel to be filled, with a chamber located around said fillingtube,said chamber having at its mouth a packing-ring adapted to receive andbear upon the mouth of the vessel to be filled, with a passage aroundthe filling-tube from the can to the chamberlocated around said tube andwith a passage from said chamber, the can being filled through thefilling-tube and the surplus liquid being siphoned off around ,the saidtube and the passage connected therewith until the liquid in the can hasbeen lowered to a point slightly beneath the end of the filling-tube.

The invention consists in various devices and combinations of devices,hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improved fillingdevice with a vessel in position beneath the same, the filling devicebeing shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the parts on line00 x of Fig. 1-. Fig.3 is a bottom view of the fillingpipe to show theradial wings projecting therefrom.

It is well known that in the filling of vessels from a source of supplythere is great liability of overflow of the vessel, especially where thesupply is located in a dark place or the vessel to be filled is made ofmaterial not transparent, and the necessity of means to prevent thisoverflow and permit of the vessel being filled with a definite quantityhas led me to devise, the means which I will now describe.

passage E, and the plug B intercepts this passage in one position, asshown in Fig. 1. [n this position the passage through the plug registerswith the passage a, which is in connection with the pipe 0, leading tothe source of supply, and when the plug is turned in the position shownin Fig. l the liquid may flow freely into the can or other vessel to befilled.

The lowerpartot the castingA is provided with a chamberJ of largerdiameter than the central bore E, and located within this chamber isafilling-tube F, of the same internal diameter as the central opening E,this tube being suitably secured in place and forming practically acontinuation of the central passage. The end of the tube projects beyondthe bottom line of the casting and is adapted to enter the mouth of thevessel to be filled. It is provided upon its periphery with a series oflongitudinal wings extending laterally from the periphery of the tube,with the outer edges thereof extending at an angle from the lower end ofthe tube upwardly, so as to serve as a guide in directing the contractedmouth of the vessel to be filled to a seat upon the ring or packing offlexible material fitted to a recess in the lower end of the casting, asclearly shown in the figures at H. The chamber J, it will be seen,surrounds the fillingtube and is provided at its upper end Withadischarge-pipe N, which may lead to any suitable point of discharge. Itwill thus be seen that the liquid will flow in through the pipe 0 andthrough the filling-tube, when the valve is in the position shown inFig. l, to the can. It may flow freely without any watchfulness upon thepart of the operator until he is satisfied that sutficient fluid hasflowed through to fill the can. lie then turns the plug by means of thehandle to cut off the flow through the pipe 0, and thus opens thecentral opening E for the admission of air. If the can has been morethan filled, the surplus will run out through the chamber J around thefillingtube and out at the discharge-pipe N, which will thus establish asiphon action, which Will be aided by the pressure of air on the surfaceof the liquid in the tube F, and this siphonage will continue until theliquid has been lowered in the vessel being filled below the end of thepipe F, and thus by providing the pipe F of a definite length the heightof the liquid in the can being filled can be definitely determined.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A fillingattachment consisting of a main part having a central passage throughthe same in connection with the air at one end, with a valve therein, apassage With suitable connections to a source of supply, also controlledby said valve,'a filling-tube adapted to project into the mouth ofthe-vessel to be filled, a packing fitting the mouth of the vessel tomake the connection liquid-tight, anda passage around said filling-tubein connection with a discharge, substantially as described.

2. A filling attachment consisting of acasting A, a central openingthrough the same, open at one end to the air, a supply-pipe openingtherein into the central passage, a valve at the junction, atfilling-tube, guiding wings or flanges projecting from said fillingtube,and a chamber around said tube to connect with the passage,substantially as described.

In testimony Whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK D. WINKLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. GEIGER, MCGOVERN.

